Technology

[Higgins III]

God bless technology. Thats what i say. Who can live no adays without technology. It has come on leaps and bounds. Keyboards, digital drum kits, guitars, P.A systems, Sound systems, computers, MP3 players, even normal things like lights and the kettle. If we didn't have any of that we would be such a boring world. Well we sort of are anyway but technolgy provides that little bit of excitment and that escape from the problems of the world so we can all get ingrossed in using the technology to do things that no one has ever done before. Technology is great. But not absolutly everyone agrees so let's all have a bit of a chin wag about this. Your all time favorite peice of technology, preferably musically or digitally envolved. It would have to be a computer for me. What about you lot?

[johninblack]

Has to be the microchip. These days just about everything electrical has one, just try to imagine a world without microchips.

[Moonloop]

Hmm...musical or digital eh..?? Real Ale in a bottle won't qualify then 

I'd probably go for the 'remote control' mainly because I can remember the days when you had to get up off your arse to change something 

[Higgins III]

Both very good answers. BUt i will accept the real ale in a bottle because i agree that is a great thing

[Spad]

....mmmmmhhhhh.... my fav piece of technology.....

the floor-standing speakers!!!! The bigger they are, the better I feel!!!   

(of course pumped-up by a monster-ampli...  )

[Higgins III]

oooooooo i didn't think of that 1. good choice

[keyboardistmatt]

The Internet.

Good because it is a very powerful tool.  The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...

Bad because it is a very powerful tool.  The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...

[Teunis]

My home cinema set. The sound of DVD's is so much improving, DTS or 5.1 mixes make it even more fun watching/hearing a DVD.

[Vanderwoude]

The only nescedary piece of technolgy invented since the 70's is 'digital mastering'

Let's explain this: 

The Genesis albums from the early 70's are simply as good as most of today's prog. albums. But the recording quality wasn't to good back then.
But thanks to 'digital mastering' we can now listen to some of the best music ever made... in good quality 
(It's a pity that 'from genesis to revelation' hasn't be mastered yet  )

[PH]

The Internet.

Good because it is a very powerful tool.  The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...

Bad because it is a very powerful tool.  The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...

HAHAHAHA Agreed!!!

[keyboardistmatt]

(It's a pity that 'from genesis to revelation' hasn't be mastered yet  )

Point 1... Generally, an album must be mastered to be commercially released.
Point 2... I have seen 'From Genesis To Revalation' on CD, which means it has been digitally mastered to be on CD in the first place!

[Vanderwoude]

Point 1... Generally, an album must be mastered to be commercially released.
Point 2... I have seen 'From Genesis To Revalation' on CD, which means it has been digitally mastered to be on CD in the first place!

Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused 
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.

[Moonloop]

Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused 
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.

I used to own it. It isn't really very good, remastered or not. Interesting certainly, but not one which would have you reaching out for the 'repeat' button....

[Moonloop]

Actually...now I think about it, they did recently issue a 2CD version of it which I assume would be remastered. Check out :

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=cdtitle&searchstring=genesis+revelation&page=search&Go.x=39&Go.y=11

[PH]

Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused 
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.

I have the CD but on it it says the following:

This Compact disc is not digitally recorded.

This means that they just copied the anologue stuff onto a digital CD.

Genesis is actually busy with digitally remastering some of their albums. (The Lamb, Foxtrot and Selling England, if I recall correctly...)



@Moonloop:
Some of the songs are GREAT, if they made it ten years later, it would be a hit! Seriously!

[Vanderwoude]

Actually...now I think about it, they did recently issue a 2CD version of it which I assume would be remastered. Check out :

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=cdtitle&searchstring=genesis+revelation&page=search&Go.x=39&Go.y=11

Hmm.. nice to have, but there isn't (Remastered) in the title, in some of the other releases there is.

[Moonloop]

@Moonloop:
Some of the songs are GREAT, if they made it ten years later, it would be a hit! Seriously!

"But Seriously" maybe..?? 

(sorry - poor pun)

Maybe they could re-record them for a reunion album - wonder how many people would notice...!!!!

[PH]

That would be nice indeed.

I thought it was "In The Wilderness" with the beautiful piano...

*sings* "Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please..."

[rocker666]

Most technology is great....usually it exists to make life easier

Not that keen on mobile phones....but that's because of the ruination of the English language through "text-speak"

My current favourite is my iPod....20GB, nearly full of everything I like, just seem to be listening to so much more music these days, plug it in to my car stereo, have it on all afternoon at work etc etc


Si

[Vanderwoude]

Maybe they could re-record them for a reunion album - wonder how many people would notice...!!!!

I think that would be really great, I have thought that wonderful thought  before. Maybe I should contact Peter and friends. 

[PH]

I think that would be really great, I have thought that wonderful thought  before. Maybe I should contact Peter and friends. 

I heard that others contacted Peter & Co. but they said that they'd never do something like that.

[Vanderwoude]

I heard that others contacted Peter & Co. but they said that they'd never do something like that.

auch... that hurts

[Xanxtuary]

Most technology is great....usually it exists to make life easier

Not that keen on mobile phones....but that's because of the ruination of the English language through "text-speak"

Have to agree with this ... a generation of children will gro up not no-ing how to spel proply thx 2 txt msg! 

My current favourite is my iPod....20GB, nearly full of everything I like, just seem to be listening to so much more music these days, plug it in to my car stereo, have it on all afternoon at work etc etc


Si

Again ... have to agree.  I bought my first MP3 player in 2000, it only held 64 kb worth and I had to get loads of extra memory cards, but I am on my third MP3 player (Creative Zen - the rival to IPod) and it's brilliant.  I have nearly 40 full albums on there and it's nowhere near full!

[PH]

Have to agree with this ... a generation of children will gro up not no-ing how to spel proply thx 2 txt msg! 

LOL that one made me laugh!

I want an MP3-player but I still see no advantages besides it's small.

+'s:
- it's small
- there's 512 MB on a MP3-player (at least more than an audiodisc )

-'s:
- there's no point in using that small thing, it's dangerous to listen to it while riding the bike i.e.
- My discman can play MP3 too, it can have 700 MB on one disc which is more than 512 MB (yes, I did that without a calculator).

There are not that many +'s that lift up to the -'s really.

[rocker666]

I want an MP3-player but I still see no advantages besides it's small.


- there's 512 MB on a MP3-player (at least more than an audiodisc )



There are not that many +'s that lift up to the -'s really.

Ermmmm, there#s way more than 512MB on a LOT of MP3's - like my 20GB iPod for example

Si